Posted by ANDY WOODRICK on July 14, 2000 at 23:48:20:
IS THERE A KNOWN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONE-ROD DYSTROPHY AND STARGARDT'S? MY BROTHER HAS BECOME BLIND(20/400) WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS(AGE 40) AND I HAVE BEEN DIAGNOISED WITH CONE-ROD(AGE37 20/200). WHILE I HAVE ALWAYS HAD POOR EYESITE THAT HAS DETERIOTED GRADUALLY, MY BROTHER DID NOT HAVE ANY MAJOR PROBLEMS UNTIL THE LAST FEW YEARS. HAS ONE OF US BEEN MISDIAGNOSED OR COULD THIS BE A VARIABLE EXPRESSION OF THE SAME DISEASE?